Talk and Catch Fire: A Halt and Catch Fire Podcast

All good things must come to an end, including frankly the best show on TV ever. It's the end of Talk and Catch Fire as well. We end the podcast by checking in with all of the characters, wondering what they're getting up to now (Bos and Diane are definitely exploring America in a caravan, and Donna and Cameron are definitely living together and working on the Next Big Thing), and how the incredible final 90 minutes of Halt was, uniquely but unsurprisingly, one of the most satisfying and organically full-circle endings ever. It was the ending of our dreams, but we're going to miss this show more than words can describe, because truthfully these characters are enthralling enough that they could warrant watching 30 years of their journey in real time. How lucky we are to get a snippet of 12 years of it. Thanks for listening, and in the words of Joe McMillian, "write me from the future".

It's the second last week of Halt and Catch Fire ever, a fact we're actively avoiding. In the seventh episode of the podcast, we talk about the show shifting gears once again to create a mournful, human masterpiece in 4x08 'Goodwill'. It asks the question the show has from the very beginning: how do you put a human in a box, to capture what it is capable of in a machine?

Ella is a journalist, critic, and student from Brisbane, Australia. You can read her in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Sydney Morning Herald, Junkee, SBS, The Age, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor from Quebec, Canada.

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Major things have happened on Halt and Catch Fire this week, and in the sixth episode of the podcast we discuss 4x07 'Who Needs a Guy?', the tragedy at hand, and try reroute ourselves after this shook our foundations. Grab the tissues.

Ella is a journalist, critic, and student from Brisbane, Australia. You can read her in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Junkee, SBS, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor from Quebec, Canada.

Images copyright AMC Networks.

In the fifth episode of the podcast, Camille and Ella discuss the sixth episode of the fourth season of Halt and Catch Fire. We know we talked about Donna and Cameron last week, but this week we do the deep dive we keep alluding to. Strap in.

Ella is a journalist and critic of anything pop culture and arts as well as a student. You can read in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Junkee, SBS, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor.

Images copyright AMC Networks.

In the fourth episode of the podcast, Camille and Ella discuss the fifth episode (halfway!!) of the fourth season of Halt and Catch Fire. There's really only one thing we can talk about...what the hell is going on between Donna and Cameron?

Ella is a journalist and critic of anything pop culture and arts as well as a student. You can read in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Junkee, SBS, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor.

Images copyright AMC Networks.

In the third episode of the podcast, Camille and Ella discuss the fourth episode of the fourth season of Halt and Catch Fire, which is named after the the 1994 Winter Olympics Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan incident. Who's Halt's Tonya and Nancy? We've got a few ideas... Weirdly, we're discussing this the day after a film about Tonya Harding premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to a barnstorming reception, so kudos to Halt for preempting this resurgence.

Ella is a journalist and critic of anything pop culture and arts as well as a student. You can read her in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Junkee, SBS, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor.

In the second episode of the podcast, Camille, Ella, and Alex discuss the third episode of Halt and Catch Fire's fourth season, as well as how the show has changed its characterisations of Joe and Donna.

Ella is a journalist and critic of anything pop culture and arts as well as a student. You can read in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Junkee, SBS, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor.

Alex is a film and television graduate and arts programmer.

Images copyright AMC Networks.

In the first episode of the podcast, Camille and Ella discuss the double-headed season four opener for Halt and Catch Fire, as well as spitballing what the season ahead(as well as the end of the show) may hold. We have grave concerns for Joe's phone bill.

Ella is a journalist and critic of anything pop culture and arts as well as a student. You can read in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Junkee, SBS, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor.

Images copyright AMC Networks.

All good things must come to an end, including frankly the best show on TV ever. It's the end of Talk and Catch Fire as well. We end the podcast by checking in with all of the characters, wondering what they're getting up to now (Bos and Diane are definitely exploring America in a caravan, and Donna and Cameron are definitely living together and working on the Next Big Thing), and how the incredible final 90 minutes of Halt was, uniquely but unsurprisingly, one of the most satisfying and organically full-circle endings ever. It was the ending of our dreams, but we're going to miss this show more than words can describe, because truthfully these characters are enthralling enough that they could warrant watching 30 years of their journey in real time. How lucky we are to get a snippet of 12 years of it. Thanks for listening, and in the words of Joe McMillian, "write me from the future".

Previous episodes: https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28talk%20and%20catch%20fire%29

Ella is a journalist, critic, and student from Brisbane, Australia. You can read her in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Sydney Morning Herald, Junkee, SBS, The Age, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor from Quebec, Canada.

Images copyright AMC Networks.

It's the second last week of Halt and Catch Fire ever, a fact we're actively avoiding. In the seventh episode of the podcast, we talk about the show shifting gears once again to create a mournful, human masterpiece in 4x08 'Goodwill'. It asks the question the show has from the very beginning: how do you put a human in a box, to capture what it is capable of in a machine?

Past episodes: http://archive.org/search.php?query=ti…d%20catch%20fire%29

Ella is a journalist, critic, and student from Brisbane, Australia. You can read her in publications like Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Sydney Morning Herald, Junkee, SBS, The Age, Brisbane Times, Metro Magazine, Screen Education, and Kill Your Darlings.

Camille is a history graduate and aspiring film editor from Quebec, Canada.

Images copyright AMC Networks.